First off, I want to thank everyone that came out to the Las Vegas Open this year. You are a great group of gamers to have. I look forward to seeing you next year and at other events where I won't have to play Overlord! A special thanks to all the volunteers that helped out over the weekend, you guys make events like this possible.

I have received a lot of good feedback over the weekend and after the event. People seemed to be having a ton of fun and events ran smoothly on the play and admin sides too. There are always things to improve, and I have a list for next year going already!

LVO Report:

This year I decided to pack the truck early so I would not have to try and figure out how to pack a con's worth of terrain, supplies, and four other gamers (with their stuff) into my truck the morning I needed to leave. So Wednesday I spent a good part of the day packing, then taking everything out, then packing again to make sure everything would actually fit in the truck. Thursday morning the people that were driving with me showed up. We finished packing their stuff in the truck and set out to Vegas. A short seven hour drive later we arrived. Due to a variety of things we were not able to start setting up 'til 9pm with the help of my locals that traveled with me. Thanks guys! We called it good enough at midnight, and I would finish in the morning.

Friday morning rolled around, and I arose quite early to make sure everything was set up for the festivities to come. And oh boy were there a lot of you!

The first event of the weekend was the Team Tournament. This year we used the WTC style of pairings. It looked to go pretty smoothly from where I was. I would be interested in specific feedback on whether you guys liked it or not. That evening was the Mangled Metal Tournament which thankfully I had someone else to run so I could get some sleep.

Saturday would be the largest of the tournaments we held that weekend so I was up early again to make sure everything was in order. Start time rolled around and off we went. A mere 14 hours later and we had a winner! (Standings, pictures, and lists will be posted below). Again, thankfully I had someone to run the Tier Tournament that night, so back to bed I went after some clean up and prep work for the morning's Masters.

Sunday was Masters and Who's the Boss with them just slightly offset to get Masters going before Who's the Boss started.

I was able to play some games in Who's the Boss between doing other duties. Thank you guys for those games! They were the only two I played all weekend. It is nice to get my CoC out.

The Winner of the Masters events was Ryan Chiriboga with all the cool trophies, the WMW invitational ticket, and a $500 travel voucher to WMW from LVO/Frontline Gaming!

I also want to thank all the great vendors that provided prize support. We gave out quite a pile of prizes over the weekend. I look forward to seeing everyone next year and out on the circuits!

-Tyson Koch (pg_Menelker)

You can view videos from the weekend at the Vegas Vanguards YouTube Channel. Thank you for doing all that work Peter Lipphardt! Remember to please be respectful to the players in the videos as they agreed to be recorded for your enjoyment so we can keep doing this in the future.

I picked up an Epic Borka for Hordes Troolbloods while at L&L this year. He is currently pained and up on ebay. Get him while you can as the model will probably not be released until Oct/Nov this year.

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone that came out to the Las Vegas Open and made it such an awesome weekend. I had a great time hanging with everyone I only get to see a few times a year and meeting such great new people, too!

I want to say thanks to Frontline Gaming, Gail, Will, and Inyoung, who helped make the weekend run so smoothly and made sure everyone had a great time.

If you have any questions or suggestions for next year feel free to message me on FB (Tyson Koch) or email me at tyson@figurepainters.com

Here is the breakdown for the events of Las Vegas Open. Top five places along with lists for the 50 point Steamroller and WMW Masters Event.

Sorry if any of the names are miss-spelled. Next time write neater :)

The Store Wars Trophy goes back to Imperial Outpost who made a great showing over the weekend!

Book Your Room Here or call: 1-800-358-8777 If you call to reserve your room, be sure to tell them you are with the Las Vegas Open and Frontline Gaming or use our group code: SBFLG4 We are on the hook for rooms for the nights of the 7th and 8th, please be sure to book for those nights under our code, specifically! Thanks! - See more at: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/las-vegas-open/#sthash.NW38mWxc.dpuf

-All Events will run death clock. Some timers will be available, but please be prepared with your own.-All tournament will use Steamroller 2014 rulesFully painted armies will be eligible for prize raffles during each tournament.-We expect this to be a Warmachine Weekend Qualifier event. The application has been submitted and things are looking good ;) I will update once this confirmed-This will be a West Coast Store Wars event also!! https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastStoreWars check out the AWESOME trophy! http://thefigurepainters.squarespace.com/storage/mscpics/storewars.jpg-Anyone who registers by January 12th will receive an exclusive counter from Broken Egg Games and a resin Objective Marker from www.Figurepainters.com-There may be some tables for open gaming during the tournaments, but these will be limited to space available.-We are expecting over half of the US WTC team to be here too. -Come meet them and play against them!-Awesome Prizes! We give away seriously boss loot, so expect more of the same! In addition to awards for fastest caster kill, best appearance, tournament champs, etc. the players that do the best with each respective faction will win a custom trophy declaring them the Faction Champion for the weekend!Friday:Warmahordes Team Tournament:Check In: 10:00 am, Start 11:00 amFormant:50 points2nd List Optional3 Man Teams (Ranked Team Members)Top team qualifies for Sunday

Mangled Metal Tooth and Claw:Check in 8:00pm, Start 8:30 pm (or at end of Team Tournament)Format:20 points -Battle group only (hard core time limits)One list, close quartersTop 4 qualify for Sunday

Warmahordes 35 point Who’s the Boss? Tournament:Check in : 10:00 am, Start 10:30 amFormant:35 points, one list. Make a list without a warcaster/warlock assuming +5 jack/beast pointsWho’s the Boss point scoring, Death clock timing.